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My name is Lorenzo Lago – Zo Lago to a few folks. I live in Cayucos on California’s Central Coast. I am a retired art interpreter from Hearst Castle, a nationally accredited museum in San Simeon, California. It was a great position for a storyteller. I received my master’s in education from Cal Poly, San…
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We should listen to people like Mickey Muñoz more. Mickey Muñoz knows barrels. At 87, he still chases waves with the same grin he first wore as a boy in the late 1940s. Surfer and filmmaker Kyle Buthman had the privilege to sit and chat with the big-wave surfing pioneer and surfboard maker, and learn…
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Imagine you’re a passionate surfer with over 30 years of experience. The ocean is your playground. You cannot stay away from it for more than a week. Whenever you’re at the waterfront staring at your cherished sea, you cannot help but rate and analyze the quality and perfection of each and every wave that pops…
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The river surfing scene is growing fast, with an increasing number of participants joining hundreds of river waves around the world. Unlike ocean surfers, river surfers rely on powerful currents that create standing waves. In theory, these waves can be ridden indefinitely. However, when they fall off or end their rides, there is a risk…
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The surfboard leash is made from a stretchy urethane cord attached to a neoprene cuff, and it’s more fragile than it looks. If you’re paying up to $50 for a durable surfboard leash, you should make sure it lasts a few years. Otherwise, you’re constantly throwing money away. Although the quality of materials and construction…
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The Catch Surf crew shreds the all new Revel Surf Wavepool in the latest epsidode of Beefs TV!
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The physics of surfing is quite complex and involves many fluid dynamics variables constantly interacting in non-linear ways. It all starts when we drop the surfboard into the water and ends the cycle of hydrodynamical exchanges when surfers finish their rides. There are basically four main general primary forces driving the surf: buoyancy, gravity, drag,…
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A 33-year-old woman was seriously injured while surfing the Eisbach river wave in Munich at night on April 16, 2025. After falling off her surfboard, for reasons still unclear, the leash attached to her ankle got stuck on the bottom of the Eisbach. She was unable to free herself because she was connected to the…
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We made it! Two nights and one full day on the Tres Estrellas de Oro bus from Tijuana to Mazatlán. From the bus station, we walked to the sea wall at Cannon’s Point and watched one surfer in the water catching one perfectly formed left wave after another. We were anxious to get in the…
